puki

Definitions

1. A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a mold when making pots.
2. Any form or mold used for making clay pots by hand.

Examples

“First, I made a puki, a tool used by Native Americans to form⟳ a pinch pot. Typically, a puki is a shallow, fired bowl used to keep⟳ the bottom of the pinch pot round while holding the entire pot in shape⟳.”

“She began a pot by forming a pancake of clay between her palms and laying it in a bowl-like vessel which was the bottom of a broken pot, called a puki.”

“Like⟳ I showed you, the clay goes into the puki, coil by coil.”

“I begin⟳ by pinching a base⟳ or rolling out a slab that I place⟳ in a plaster form⟳, or puki, for support⟳..”

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